Original description as Amphilophus amarillo:
ZooBank:FA9C88DF-EDDB-4A36-A07D-89DBCCEDFDE1.
- Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & McKaye. 2002. "Descriptions of Three New Species of Cichlid Fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua". Cuadernos de investigacion de la Universided de Centro América. v. 12; 1-18 (crc00010) (abstract)
Conservation: Amphilophus amarillo is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2019).